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On 2/17/2025 at 11:10 AM, Buzzrock said:

Just finished Hostiles. Had somehow never seen it.
 

What a cast, they and the cinematographer do what they can with the story, such as it is. Liked it ok but not a great Western in my mind. 3:10 to Yuma is a much better use of Bale’s and Foster’s talents. 

This movie was very much like Wind River for me. I didn’t want to be around other people for a couple of days after I watched it. 

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Clips from 2021’s Old Henry have been showing up for me lately. That’s a damn solid recent western. Grizzled Stephen Dorff needs to be in more stuff.

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Pretty great podcast about the great and enigmatic John Ford. A couple episodes focused on his masterpiece The Searchers and filming at Monument Valley. 
 

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I already loved The Searchers, but this deepened my appreciation and warranted a rewatch 

 

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Man, I really never venture over here. But the "They Call Me...." old Spaghetti Westerns with Terrance Hill were fantastic. Almost Three Stooges level of comedy. They couldn't cuss, so the insults are fantastically hilarious. I think there is "They call Me Nobody", "They Call Me Trinity", "Trinity Is My Name." If you want to binge watch, they are worth a Sunday.

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On 2/15/2025 at 8:27 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

Let’s make it easy here. Best Western by decade.

1940: Red River 

1950: Rio Bravo

1960 : True Grit )honorable mention to Magnificent 7)

1970: The Shootist

1980: Lonesome Dove

1990: Unforgiven

2000: Open Range 

2010: The Revenant (honorable mention Hostiles)

2020: The English

1960s...toss this into the mix - if not best, then runner-up.

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On 2/16/2025 at 5:27 PM, Macanudo said:

The 2020's are really, really slim pickings.   I have not seen Killers of the Flower Moon yet so my pick would be News of the World. 

The Power of the Dog was pretty good, I thought. 

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14 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

1960s...toss this into the mix - if not best, then runner-up.

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Great movie (as is True Grit, the Magnificant 7, and a bunch of others), but my choice for best Western of the 1960's would be The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.  

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My top 3, and I’ll try to rank them: 

1) Rio Bravo. Great hang. Prime Angie Dickinson. Dean Martin sings.

2) The Searchers. Monument Valley landscapes in Vista Vision in 1956. Not sure how Armybrat’s head didn’t pop off his neck. Vera Miles was a piece. 

3) The Man Who Liberty Valence. Jimmy Stewart at the end of his peak and John Wayne kind of the middle of his. Misdirection. Anti-heroes. Lee Marvin’s best days in his best years. Again Vera Miles. I’d give up drinking and red meat for her. 

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My top 3

1.  The Searchers

2. Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

3. Rio Bravo

Honorable Mention:  Lonesome Dove, Open Range, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Outlaw Josey Wales

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I have to get something off my chest that’s annoyed me for years. I love the remake of 3:10 to Yuma, except……..the scene where Russel Crowe is helping Christian Bale starts looking really fake, with very unrealistic ducking, dodging, and diving. It ruins the authenticity of the film. I wish they would have done a better job with that scene. 

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More Spaghetti Western, but I really liked the movie My Name is Nobody. The lead song on that soundtrack is one I’ll never forget. My brother watched that movie countless times when we were kids. The guys all on their horses in a mad dash with the theme song playing is forever stuck in my head.

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Y'all need some Joel McCrea. Trooper Hook, Union Pacific, Saddle Tramp and dozens more. Ride the High Country may be the perfect western.

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11 hours ago, Horn80 said:

My top 3

1.  The Searchers

2. Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

3. Rio Bravo

Honorable Mention:  Lonesome Dove, Open Range, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Outlaw Josey Wales

Don’t you get sick of being right all the time? 

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Best Western by decade

Pre-1940s

  1. Stagecoach

1940s

  1. My Darling Clementine

  2. The Ox-Bow Incident

  3. Red River 

1950s

  1. The Searchers

  2. High Noon

  3. The Gunfighter

1960s

  1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  2. The Wild Bunch

  3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1970s

  1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 

  2. The Outlaw Josey Wales 

  3. High Plains Drifter

1980s

  1. Pale Rider 

  2. Lonesome Dove (cheating but the 80s sucked)

1990s

  1. Unforgiven 

  2. Dances with Wolves

  3. The Last of the Mohicans

2000s

  1. No Country for Old Men

  2. 3:10 to Yuma

  3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2010s

  1. True Grit 

  2. Hell or High Water

  3. The Revenant

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54 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

1980s

  1. Pale Rider 

  2. Lonesome Dove (cheating but the 80s sucked)

*Silverado

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See if I can scratch this in while sitting at Logan .......


1950s
Winchester '73 
The Fastest Gun Alive
Verz Cruz
The Big Country

1960s
Sergeant Rutledge 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- shout out to TUCO !!!! 
Hombre

1970s
Monte Walsh

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3 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

Best Western by decade

Pre-1940s

  1. Stagecoach

1940s

  1. My Darling Clementine

  2. The Ox-Bow Incident

  3. Red River 

1950s

  1. The Searchers

  2. High Noon

  3. The Gunfighter

1960s

  1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  2. The Wild Bunch

  3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1970s

  1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 

  2. The Outlaw Josey Wales 

  3. High Plains Drifter

1980s

  1. Pale Rider 

  2. Lonesome Dove (cheating but the 80s sucked)

1990s

  1. Unforgiven 

  2. Dances with Wolves

  3. The Last of the Mohicans

2000s

  1. No Country for Old Men

  2. 3:10 to Yuma

  3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2010s

  1. True Grit 

  2. Hell or High Water

  3. The Revenant

Very good list, although not having the dollar trilogy is a crime 

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20 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Pretty great podcast about the great and enigmatic John Ford. A couple episodes focused on his masterpiece The Searchers and filming at Monument Valley. 
 

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I already loved The Searchers, but this deepened my appreciation and warranted a rewatch 

 

Thanks for the necrobump

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen The Searchers but it’s been years, if not decades.

I’m over halfway through reading Empire of the Summer Moon. Look forward to watching The Searchers with the Comanche context/perspective.

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34 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Thanks for the necrobump

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen The Searchers but it’s been years, if not decades.

I’m over halfway through reading Empire of the Summer Moon. Look forward to watching The Searchers with the Comanche context/perspective.

I don’t think The Searchers really has a Comanche perspective, and honestly they probably don’t deserve one. 

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2 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

The Last of the Mohicans is not a western

Not for a lot of good options in the 90s so I cheated

2 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Very good list, although not having the dollar trilogy is a crime 

Watch Yojimbo instead

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